I know it's only October but I am 99% certain that Baldur's Gate 3 will get my vote for "Game of the Year" for 2023. Everything about this game is simply perfection in my opinion. I have 136 hours in the game so far and in some ways I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface of what this game can offer. The story is first rate, the voice acting is magnificent and the turn based combat is a LOT more fun than I would have imagined it being.

Baldur's Gate 3 at a canter.

But then, I hardly played any other 2023 releases which may be illustrative in it's own right.

Now that you bring it up, I've bought a few 2023 releases: Phantom Liberty (expansion for Cyberpunk), Company of Heroes 3, Aliens: Dark Descent and Formula 1 2023.

I haven't even played it yet, but just as well: BG3.

Just like DBond, I hardly saw any other releases this year that even captured my interest. Pathfinder WotR, Isonzo and Dying Light 2 are the most recent games I currently play.

Only 2023 releases I have played:

Everspace 2 - badass
System Shock remake - badass (but missing original music)
Armored Core 6 - badass
Baldur's Gate 3 - can't get drawn into the game yet. ADHD too great. Hard to sit still. Need more clicks per minute. Will keep trying, because the game is sooooooooo well done.
Starfield - Meh. Such an unsurprising letdown.
DCS: F-15 is pretty sweet but early access
DCS: Apache with radar hellfire (no FCR yet) is amazing

So far Skyrim with 500+ mods wins game of the year.

BG is a classic. Starfield... just isn't. The only other game I am looking forward to this year is Cities Skylines 2.

Considering the other PC games I played this year are more like early access releases like Kerbal Space Program 2 and Six Days in Fallujah, BG takes it almost by default.

Battlebit remastered and Warhammer 40K Boltgun were fun, but I wouldn't call them best game of the year.

I heard good things about Jagged Alliance 3, so that might be worth checking out.

DCS: Multi-threading!

I can't add anything. Not bought a game all year. In fact I don't think I bought one last year either. Plenty of free stuff but nothing I've played.

Is there any other game released this year ?all i saw was baldur gate and i havent even played it. another run of the mill AC game is coming unless they repeat the magic of origins wich i doubt. cyberpunk get no love from me i dont care what they fix, starfield is just a fallout 4 reskin, and they lied in all their marketing, the only one who delivered on what was promised was baldur gate.

+1

Baldur's gate 3 for me.
A 'AAA' that was completely playable on release, with a full detailed story and minimal bugs. I finished it before patch 2 came out, and didn't come across any game breaking bugs. I'm sure there will be DLC coming out, but the game is complete as-is. Great stories, great graphics, interesting NPCs (although a bit too much of the 'everyone has to be super strange' for my tastes, what's wrong with relatively 'normal' NPCs?)

Starfield is fun, but lacks some sort of spark. I mean, I played it for 80 hours, but I might be shelving it until mods are out. Ship building is fun but frustrating with lack of options and all the junk being stored every time you think about changing something. The gunplay is pretty cool, but very spongy enemies get annoying. The level up system is pretty cool though.

I don't think I've played anything else that was released this year.

I can't remember buying a fresh game release this year so I don't have much of a personal opinion on it (but I guess BG3 will run away with it), but I know what it will be next year. MSFS 2024

It will be two years in a row now that a fantasy RPG will be my game of the year. Last year it was Elden Ring.

Fun fact: Larian Studios was founded in my own home town
https://larian.com/careers/location/gent?location=gent

Yeah, I looked them up on Wikipedia when I first bought the game since I was not familiar with them (I've not played any of the Divinity games).

Larian completely hit a home run with BG 3 and they deserve every accolade.

That is the #1 on my list for next year.

All the things Asobo has learned in the MSFS2020 process put in a new sim . Sounds fantastic, but will it float?

I hope so.